S.I. No. 715/2007 - Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2007

1. This Order may be cited as the Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2007.

2. The powers and duties of the Minister for Health and Children conferred on her by or under the enactments specified in the Schedule to this Order are delegated to Pat the Cope Gallagher, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children.

SCHEDULE

Sections 5, 20 and 51 of the

Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998

(No. 29 of 1998)

Food Standards Act 1974 (No. 11 of 1974)

Milk and Dairies Acts 1935 to 1988

Part V of the

Health Act 1947

(No. 28 of 1947) and section 5 of that Act insofar as it relates to the said Part V

Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2006 other than sections 5 to 9 of the

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

(No. 3 of 2006)

Section 71

of the

Health Act 1970

(No. 1 of 1970).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

26 September 2007

BERTIE AHERN.

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This order delegates to Pat the Cope Gallagher, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children the Statutory powers and duties of the Minister for Health and Children mentioned in the Order.

S.I. No. 715 of 2007

HEALTH AND CHILDREN (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) (NO. 2) ORDER 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

30

th October

, 2007.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Health and Children and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(1) of the

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977

(No. 28 of 1977), hereby order as follows